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I am lucky! My friend Mikey Languein sent me a copy of his 'Antiquing Signs' book he is putting together for me to proof read. what fun!!! If you are familiar with Mike's sense of humor, you will know what I am talking about. Not only does he have photos to ooooo and ahhhh about, but his writing style and sense of humor make it a very fun to read 'how to' book. Here are a couple of pics from it. (sorry so big...but I am in a hurry!) Hope I haven't offended anyone by posting this........
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Now that is really cool stuff there! Great work Mike.
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Cheryl, lucky you to get first dibs on such a neat book!! When does Mike think it'll be out? Does it cover oil and waterbased??
I just recently scored a load(60pcs.) of old cedar fence boards, 8"x4', just waiting to be transformed!
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Here is a small sample of Mike's humor. I loved his Lenny stories...and this is the same type of tongue in cheek humor. Not sure when the book is coming out....but I hope he goes thru with it. It's great stuff.
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I truly hope that Lenny is credited for teaching Mike the process for these aged wonders. Although they were not intended to turn out this way, Lenny was brilliant at figuring out how to mix latex house paint with marine spar varnish and Coca Cola! Bravo Mike!
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6811 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey Mike, you spelled "four" wrong, but that makes a fifth typo which makes it spelled right!...which makes it back to 4 misspelled words again...which, oh never mind!
Well, I hear it said that The Devil is in the details. A couple months ago Doc Guthrie and some of his students did a project with antiquing some old signs and I helped a little. My methods are somewhat different and more detail oriented than Doc’s so he asked if I’d come do a demo for the class. In writing down notes on what I might do it became apparent I had more techniques at hand than I first thought. I have about 80 to 100 items of consideration to discuss and so far about 24 signs I did showing these - since I can’t possibly cover all the methods hands-on in a couple hours. So I took pics of the finished pieces and printed them out in color so I can try and stay organized at the demo. Also there is a small meet coming up and I plan to show the stuff there. Each piece has at least a short paragraph explaining what was done, so those interested can at least look at the book if they missed the demo. 60 pages so far and counting.
So...I had a couple friends check it out to see if it was confusing, and/or see if I spelled anything right -- and they think the book would sell. I’m not so sure. It’s very time consuming, (I’m a Hunt&Pecker), and this is an Ink Jet project being done on an old wood cabinet, hand crank-up first edition MacIntosh. Remember the SE-30s? Before that. SE-1.0. Uses a rock for a mouse. It’s not like it’s going for publication. So I meant to print out 1 for me, 1 for Doc and maybe a couple extras for friends, unless I detect some big interest, but there hasn’t been that much shown on this post (Thanks, Cheryl, for the plug!)
I’d like to think it would be worthwhile to charge for a day-long demo and include a book in a 3 ring binder for additional info but I’ve seen the lack of commitment that happens here so for the present time it’s just my toy.
OK, Doug! First to respond to the riddle. You got it, Bro...ya can’t win. _________________________________________________________________
Rick, don’t forget lacquer was an important ingredient, along with dirt, dead bugs and “that crap under the bench”. And if all else fails -- pee in the paint, like Calvin! There - I’ve given away the most important chapter.
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Mike, I think I can safely commit to buying one copy. It could be done as a manual for studio instruuction.It could start out with The Lenny Chronicles.
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I think you have the embreyo of a great "how to" book here. There are lots of people in this world that would like to be able to make one or two antique look signs for someone. They just need an idea of how to start and what materials to use. Large craft oriented retailers like Micheal's and Lee Valley Tools would like to have a how to book on that subject. One with a humour would be even better.
You might even consider producing a download from the internet version like the fellow in Florida that has the how to make a $100,000 a year in the sign business download.
Just keep the writing simple enough that anyone that can read could pick up a few ideas for making their own antiqued sign.
Keep us posted on what you do with this. I will buy a copy the day you release it.
-------------------- Chuck Churchill, It's A Good Sign Inc. 3245 Harvester Rd, U-12 Burlington, Ont. Phone: 905-681-8775 Fax: 905-681-8945 Posts: 633 | From: Burlington, Ontario, Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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If you make it into print put me down for a copy. I always have space in the library for something new. Besides I can't think of a better way to support the transfer of ideas into all of us young'ns out here (unless it could be served with a brew). In fact I'd be happy to have a photocopy, knowledge doesn't have to come in a neat package to be usefull. Keep up the good work.
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